juxtaposed against the head-exploding irony of Katrina survivors losing their insurance suit appeal on the same day:
"We in the federal government must respond, and respond robustly, to help the people there not only recover, but to make sure that lifeline of activity — that bridge — gets rebuilt as quickly as possible," Bush said in the Rose Garden following a Cabinet meeting.
Next, by Steve Flynn over at Popular Mechanics, a much more interesting and important framing of the bridge collapse as an inherently political policy issue.
And finally, some good news for a change! The US Senate has voted 68-31 to pass the Children's Health Bill. Yeah, the one Shrub has repeatedly threatened to veto on the grounds that making publicly funded healthcare available to children in need would "encourage" families to swap out their private personal policies in order to suck off the gub'ment teat. Or wev.
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